SYDNEY / LONDON (Reuters) – Asian nations imposed new restrictions on Monday, as an abrupt British quarantine on Spain’s travelers threw the reopening of Europe’s summer in disarray as the world faced the possibility of a second wave of infections. by COVID-19. In the United States, where infection rates have …
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BARCELONA (Reuters) – Young Catalans should stop partying to help stem an increase in new cases of coronavirus, or local authorities may have to re-impose severe restrictions, the leader of the northeastern Spanish region said on Monday. FILE PHOTO: Tourists and locals gather at an observation post, with a view …
Read More »The second wave of coronavirus in Asia causes new blockages
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Asian countries are facing a second wave of coronavirus infections and are taking drastic measures to try to contain the disease, with Australia registering a record daily increase in cases and Vietnam closing the city of Danang. FILE PHOTO: Two people are tested in the windows of …
Read More »Hundreds clog the airport when evacuations from Vietnam’s Danang begin
HANOI (Reuters) – The airport in the central Vietnamese resort town of Danang filled up on Monday after three residents tested positive for the coronavirus and began evacuating 80,000 people. The Southeast Asian country is on high alert after authorities confirmed the community’s first infections since Saturday, and three other …
Read More »Belarusian self-exiled presidential contender trusts new ‘Joan of Arc’
MOSCOW (Reuters) – A presidential contender who says he fled Belarus because he feared for freedom and custody of his children told Reuters that the country’s opposition is trusting a candidate he characterized as Joan of Arc in recent days. Valery Tsepkalo, a Belarusian opposition figure who was banned from …
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